Tag: Blogs

Diversity quotas: would they be legal, would they make a difference?

Breaking the dominance of the MAWM (middle-aged white man) is even harder than some campaigning groups realise, says Judge John Hack

Nov 4 2014 9:12am

The Citizenship Foundation is developing a very cool legal education app — and it needs law student and lawyer writers

Help charity create legal plotlines to engage young people with the law

Nov 3 2014 12:31pm

New Tumblr names and shames media outlets which misuse gavels

A blogger on a leading social media site has joined Legal Cheek’s crusade against the misuse of little wooden hammer imagery -- but is it a losing battle?

Oct 29 2014 12:38pm

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You're nicked

Oct 20 2014 4:30pm

Review: Ex-Slaughter and May lawyer very nearly got fired in first episode of The Apprentice

An anonymous law student reviews the performances of the two solicitors on last night's series ten opener

Oct 15 2014 12:02pm

Why Amal Clooney is making a mistake by assuming her actor husband’s surname

Just think of how absurd it would be if Clooney called himself George Alamuddin

Oct 14 2014 1:17pm

The language of the legal directory: decoded — 2014 edition

Wigapedia returns to make his annual translation of the Legal 500

Oct 10 2014 8:53am

11 amusing Court News UK tweets — illustrated

Visualising the reportage of must-follow Twitter account @CourtNewsUK

Sep 17 2014 12:04pm

In defence of ‘avizandum’: the most magical sounding legal phrase of them all

Solicitors hit back after Scots law phrase is branded “Harry Potter” language

Sep 11 2014 1:40pm

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Lawyers slog it out in ping pong head-to-head

Sep 4 2014 4:35pm

9 reasons why ‘Lord Harley of Counsel’ has the best LinkedIn CV of any lawyer ever

There may be confusion about the right of solicitor-advocate Alan Blacker to call himself ‘Lord Harley of Counsel’. But the man is the undisputed Lord of LinkedIn

Sep 1 2014 9:34am

Will vlawging catch on?

Some students are making decent money out of vlogging, so why are only a handful of wannabe lawyers dabbling in the medium?

Aug 26 2014 9:34am

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What price justice?

Aug 13 2014 4:49pm

The unlucky law firm which went from sharing name with Holocaust denier to sharing name with terrorist group

David M Irving Solicitors may be rueing its 2007 ‘Isis Legal’ rebrand

Aug 5 2014 9:28am

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Happy Yorkshire Day!

Aug 1 2014 5:24pm

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Can a tattoo be legally binding?

Jul 31 2014 4:28pm

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Judging by these posters spotted in east London yesterday, the concept of “hipster law” — as celebrated by a recent Twitter hashtag frenzy — may actually exist.

Jul 25 2014 2:36pm

A reading from the Book of Mitchell

Wigapedia draws upon Biblical inspiration to follow the twists and turns of the Jackson reforms

Jul 22 2014 9:12am

9 things not to do in a pupillage interview (if you’re an interviewer)

An anonymous bar wannabe draws on his recent pupillage interview experience to deliver some lessons to chambers.

Jul 15 2014 9:27am

Networking: it’s crucial for law students — and you might pull

Aspiring barrister Amy Woolfson shares the wisdom she has gleaned while honing her networking skills at law events

Jul 11 2014 12:32pm

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Intellectual property infringin'

Jul 4 2014 4:03pm